Bangladesh

Country Area : 147,570 km2

Forested Area (1000 ha) : 1,429

UN-REDD Programme Partner Country : Yes

Type of UN-REDD Programme Support Received : National Programme, Targeted support

FCPF Member : Yes

Active FCPF Grant Holder: No

Readiness Grant Holder: No

Carbon Fund: No

Natural high forests all over Bangladesh have been depleted to an alarming extent, with these covering just 6% of the country’s land area in 2006. Yet Bangladeshi foresters are pioneers in mangrove afforestation and successfully established specialized plantation techniques for mangrove species.

After joining the UN-REDD Programme in 2010, the Government of Bangladesh established a national REDD+ Steering Committee and a REDD Cell. Between August 2011 and March 2012, the UN-REDD Programme supported these bodies in the development of a national REDD+ Readiness Roadmap, which included extensive national and sub-national consultations. The REDD+ Steering Committee endorsed the Roadmap in December 2012. By providing Targeted Support funds, the UN-REDD Programme is now supporting the implementation of some elements of the Roadmap, namely the development of an MRV Action Plan, capacity building for forest monitoring, an assessment of REDD+ corruption risks and the development of nationally-appropriate social safeguards.

Development of the Reference Level for REDD+ against which performance will be measured (Reference Levels or Reference Emissions Levels, RLs/RELs)

Development of the Monitoring and Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems

Progress against the Warsaw Framework for REDD+

Prior to the country’s successful preparation of its NP, approved in 2014, initial targeted support assisted the country in implementing its REDD+ Readiness Roadmap by addressing corruption risks and building capacity on social impacts; to develop the MRV Action Plan and strengthening national REDD+ readiness. Additional targeted support is complementing the NP on capacity building of the GHG inventory and related institutional arrangements. Two USAID-funded projects, on NFI development and capacity building for the Ministry of Environment and Forests, are currently being implemented by FAO and contribute to the development of the NFMS. The NP was designed specifically to coordinate with these initiatives.

National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS)In 2015 targeted support facilitated the implementation of the MRV action plan. National consultation was held on Land Cover classification system and a strategy to integrate forest and land cover mapping activities was initiated. Institutional arrangements for the GHG National Inventory System are in place, data collection for GHG Inventory commenced and capacity for GHG inventory for the land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector was strengthened through trainings. Training on the OpenForis Collect Earth tool was held and NFI data was analyzed and models for forest and land cover change were prepared.

4) Provide information on lead agencies, identify inventory management team members, Information for additional contacts for each sector, the status of the institutional arrangements in a concise tabular format

Bangladesh National Programme Overview

UN-REDD Bangladesh National Programme

FCPF Member

FCPF Grant

FCPF Grant UnderImplementation

No

No

No

National Programme Objectives

Objective: Support the Government of Bangladesh in initiating the implementation of its REDD+ Readiness Roadmap by establishing necessary REDD+ management processes, identifying strategic readiness options for completing its National REDD+ strategy, and developing the capacities required to begin implementation of REDD+.